Sphagnum Farm Barver: Completion of the moss paludiculture site

摘要

In spring 2020, the Interreg project CANAPE created an initial paludiculture pilot of one ha to trial Sphagnum farming on degraded, intensively drained and eutrophicated bog grassland in the regional conditions of the Diepholz district (Lower Saxony, Germany). Peatlands International reported on the start of the project one year ago, in its issue 2.2021. Barely 18 months after this first production field went into operation, the installation of an extension area was completed in December 2021.Its short-term realization was made possible by the land consolidation authority’s need for peat to fill ditches and create embankments at the edge of nearby renaturation areas. This allowed the removal of approx. 3,000 m3 earthified topsoil free of charge to create a levelled 1-hectare polder area for peat moss cultivation (see picture 1).